“That was a close one,” breathed publisher Amos Schocken. Tel Aviv, July 1 – Editorial and reporting staff at Haaretz breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday upon discovering that an article on Orthodox Jews did not, as feared, let facts ...
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“The IDF can’t be relied on to supply the requisite number of Palestinian corpses with any regularity, and that’s a tragedy.” New York, June 22 – An activist group known for treating the deaths of even the most violent, heinous ...
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“It’s not only our own social position and fear of change we’re considering – it carries implications for all time.” Qadesh Barnea, June 11 – Ten men dispatched from this wilderness location to the Promised Land to bring back details regarding ...
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“You can’t lean over and whisper a snarky comment to your buddy during the Rabbi’s recorded sermon the way you can in shul.” Bergenfield, New Jersey, June 2 – Family and friends of a regular Sabbath morning services attendee noted ...
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Imperial authorities cast the trio in to the furnace after the three defied a royal edict demanding that all subjects bow to the statue of an idol. Valley of Dura, May 19 – Three Jews cast into a fiery oven ...
Read More »“If we do not ask the omniscient deity to help us, how can He know what we want?” Jerusalem, May 7 – Islamic officials at the council that administers holy sites on the Temple Mount accused the Jewish State today ...
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“It’s a cherished community custom.” West Hempstead, New York, April 29 – Israel’s Chief Rabbinate long ago ordained the recitation of a series of laudatory and thanksgiving Psalms on the anniversary of Israel’s statehood announcement in 1948, and some synagogues ...
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Chances of encountering useful opposition, i.e. an acceptable level of spitting shoving, and shouting for PR purposes, are close to nil. Jerusalem, April 20 – A group of feminism activists who mark the start of each Jewish month with a ...
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“We need an inquiry into whose job it was to inform the coronavirus only to attack infidels.” Gaza City, April 2 – A pathogen responsible for tens of thousands of deaths worldwide and hundreds of thousands more with life-threatening respiratory ...
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“Torah is the best guardian,” intoned a young man, citing a martyred sage. Jerusalem, March 25 – Students disregarding official warnings to avoid leaving the home if at all possible and not to congregate or spend time in proximity with ...
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